Job Description
Job Title:  PMO Specialist
Req ID:  61164
Job Function:  Business Operations
Posting Start Date:  11/09/2026
Posting End Date:  15/09/2026
Division:  Networks
Job Location:  GBR Bristol - Assembly, GBR-London-BTHQ One Braham
Advertised Salary:  Competitive

About the role

BT is investing in some of the UK's largest and most strategic network transformation programmes, and this role sits at the heart of making that delivery successful.
 
As a PMO Manager, you'll help bring clarity, control and insight across a complex portfolio of programmes, ensuring leaders have the information they need to make better decisions, manage risk, and maximise value for customers and the business. The role goes beyond traditional PMO governance, helping to shape how portfolio management is delivered through data, automation and continuous improvement. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders to drive delivery excellence, improve visibility across the portfolio, and help transform the organisation into a more data-led, insight-driven environment.
 
Please note: we have 2 vacancies available.

What you’ll be doing

  • Support the successful delivery of strategic portfolios by aligning programmes, priorities and plans with business objectives.
  • Provide portfolio insight, reporting and recommendations that help senior stakeholders make informed decisions and maximise delivery outcomes.
  • Build strong relationships across the portfolio, working closely with delivery, commercial and PMO teams to drive effective collaboration and governance. 
  • Manage portfolio risks, issues, dependencies, roadmaps and KPIs, ensuring clear visibility of performance, milestones and delivery progress. 
  • Drive continuous improvement by enhancing ways of working, sharing best practice and supporting delivery excellence across the portfolio. 
  • Develop and maintain project and portfolio management processes, standards and tools, including Jira, to support effective governance and compliance.

Essential Skills / Experience

  • Extensive project experience (process, methodologies, ways of working)
  • Strong experience with Agile methodologies, and SCRUM framework
  • Communicate/Influence effectively with senior stakeholders.

Desirable Skills / Experience

  • Experience using data and analytics to generate meaningful insights, support decision-making, and improve portfolio performance.
  • Change management / process improvement experience.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. 
You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

  • 10% on target annual bonus
  • Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family 
  • Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off 
  • Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
  • Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
  • Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
  • Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good.  Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers. 

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country.   Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.